Automatic ties fastening and eeleasing means



June 12, 1928. 1,673,570

w. J. LAFFEY AUTOMATIC TIRE FASTENING AND RELEASING MEANS A Filed Jan- 3l, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l jkl/622522 Milla/7? IIa/rife;

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W. J. LAFF EY AUTOMATIC TIRE FASTENING AND RELEASING MEANS Filed Jan. 31, 1927 @sheets-sheet 2 Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

WILLIAM J'. LAFFEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Application filed January 31, 1927.

My invention relates to tire fastening and releasing means, and the main object is to provide a device with meansl 'easily' and quickly operable by hand for fastening a tire with its vrim onto the felloe of a wheel, and likewise for readily releasing said means to remove the rim and tire; andfurthermore to arrange such means so that allthe tire fastening elements will with a slight turn or movement of the hand be placed in their fastened position or in their 'released posi.- tion. Another object is to provide means for locking the fastening means in either the released or the fastened` position.

These and other objectswvill become apparent from the following description, taken in connection Withthe accompanying drawings,

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Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an automobile Wheel with thepreferred form ofmy invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section on line 2*-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section in line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 shows a. slightly modiied form, adapted for a disk Wheel; and

Fig. 6 is across-section on line 6 6 of F ig. 5.

rIhe form of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 comprises a sleeve or collar 1() fastened upon the hub 11 at the outer side of a Wheel 12, inward of the hub cap 13. The sleeve is preferably fastened by splitting it and drawing the parts together With a screw 14 placed in an outer flange 10 of the sleeve, thereby firmly clamping the sleeve on the hub. A disk or plate 15 is fastened on the inner end of the sleeve, as with threads and a locking pin or screw 1G. and is provided with radial grooves or channels 1T.

The means for fastening the tire 18 and riin 19 of the Wheel to the felloe 20 thereof comprises arms or bars 21 extending radially from disks 15 and sliding in grooves 17. These arms have means at the outer ends for engaging the rim, preferably in the form of hands or cups 22 which embrace the lugs 23 usually ext-ending from the outer part of the rim, and in this form of the invention said means also includes fingers 24 extending from the hands along the inner side of the felloe with their ends 24 engaging the side of Serial yNo. 164,708.

with their rim engaging means simultaneously into the operative, engaging or holding position, and likewise into the inoperative or vrelease position, and such means comprises a cap or cam member 2(5,placed rotatably on sleeve 10, between iiange lOand disk 15, and having cam grooves 27 in' its inner face. Pins Q8 are placed on the inner ends of arms 21, and cach carries a` roller 29 to travel in a cam groove 27. These grooves are curved and turned, as shown in Fig. 3, so that when the cani member 2G is turned `or moved on the sleeve the arms 2l With their means or hands Q2 are all moved simultaneously, and automatically go into their operative position to hold the rim and tire on the felloe, or into their inoperative position or release position, as indicated in dot-and-dash lines in Fig. 2. The outer ends 27 of grooves 27 are arranged cireumferentially of the cam member so as to securely hold the rollers 29 at said end and the arms thereby in their outward or operative position.

I further provide means for positively holding or for locking the arms and their rim engaging means in the operative or rim holding position, and this preferably includes one or more shafts or rods 30 mounted through member 2G and having heads 31, urged out from pockets 32 by springs 33, and into bores 34 provided in disk 15, thereby locking the device in its operative position. These shafts or rods 30 are drawn outward to bring the heads 3.1 out of bores 34, and said shafts are then also useful for grasping to turn the cam member and thereby move the arms 21 and means E22 from one position into the other.

The form of my invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is particularly adapted for a disk Wheel, 35, and comprises an arm 36 having a hand or cup 37 at its outer end for embracing the lug 38 on the rim 39 of the tire 40, a strip 41 of compressible and frictional material being preferably placed in the hand 37, as in the preceding form. Instead of the ngers 24 of the preceding form, for

"andrequirements, and thatfl have provided a device including means 'for conveniently faetening a rim yvith'itetire on the felloe of a wheel, and thatthe Same is read-ily operated `by a Slight movement ot the hande, and Without the use oa Wrench or tool, thereby simultaneouely and automatically moving all the fastening' means into either the rim fasteningv` position orinto the rim releasing ,[position, Whichever" is desired, to

quickly and easily aeten theitire with ite rim on the Wheel 0r to rleaee and remove it therefrom. This'invention further entirely overcomes theneeessity of making a number of holes through the elloe part ol the Wheel, which `weakens it, or ofitediously fastening a number of holte throughthese holesk and the lugs on therim'for mounting` the rim on the Wheel, or of removing such number o'fbolts` at ay great length vof time when the rim is to beiremoved; but on the contrary my device is easily and quickly operated by a slight turnier `movement of' the hands.y

What I elaim as my invention and desire to SeenrebyLetters" Patent is:

l. A device `rfor locking a demonntable "rim'on a Wheel, said device comprising an farmextendingradially of the Wheel andk having` a cup-shaped hand at its outer end 1to1 elidably"erirb-raeeifailng positioned at the sideof the rim for locking said rim on the Wheel y 2. A deviee-for fastening' a rim on the `felloe of a Wheel, said device Comprising an arm having a membertor elidably embracing* a rim lngpoeitione'd at one side ot the'telloe, and a curved linger extending from said member around saidjitelloe to the side opposite said lng, for'holding said Adevice `and ltheriin iirmly in position on the felloe. n

3. device for fastening a Ldemonntfole rim on thev elloe of a Wheel,` said `device com,-

prising an` arm extending; radially 'ifthe wheel and havingr a cup-like hand -at its, f

outer end for slidably embracing a lug posin tioned at the outside of the rim and "ifelloe, and a Curved finger extending` inwardly from said hand andV Curved up for elosely engaging along the inner side of the-ffelloe, thus firmlyv elasping the ielloe between said linger. and said 'lug and hand.

yIn testimony'whereof, l `haveeigned my name to this `specification.

WILLIAll/I J. Ll-ilFE-Y. 

